“ Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: ”
Now lettest - Now thou “dost” let or permit. This word is in the indicative mood, and signifies that God was permitting him to die in peace, by having relieved his anxieties, allayed his fears, f...
Lord, now (l) lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy (m) word: (l) Let me depart out of this life, to be joined to my Father. (m) As you promised me.
Simeon. As the family enters the Temple they are met by Simeon, an aged man whose devout life and expectation of Messiah had been rewarded by a Divine intimation that he should live to see the Chri...
Lord . Master. Greek. Despotes. App-98. Occurs ten times in N.T. (here; Act 4:24. 1 Timothy 6:1 1 Timothy 6:2 . 2 Timothy 2:21 . Tit 2:9. 1 Peter 2:18 ; 2 Peter 2:1 . Jude 1:4 . Revelation 6...
29. Thou now sendest thy servant away From this song it is sufficiently evident, that Simeon looked at the Son of God with different eyes from the eyes of flesh. For the outward beholding of...
DISCOURSE: 1477 TESTIMONY BORNE TO JESUS IN THE TEMPLE Luke 2:28-32 . Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to...
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace - Now thou dismissest, απολυεις, loosest him from life; having lived long...
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart, &c.— The word rendered depart, or dimiss, is generally used to express death; and joined to the word peace, signifies a happy and contented d...
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: Lord. The word is 'Master' х Despota ( G1203 )], a word but rarely used in the New Testament, and never but to m...
Birth and Childhood of Jesus 1-5. The census of Quirinius. There are two historical difficulties in connexion with St. Luke's mention of the census of Quirinius: (1) There is no direct evidence, e...
Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace. — It is not expedient to alter the translation, but we have to remember that the central idea is that of the manumission of a slave. The word for Lord...
the Aged Simeon's Prophetic Blessing Luke 2:25-39 Two aged watchers welcomed the King; but no one else, of all the crowds who went and came, guessed that the Messenger of the Covenant had sudde...
Jesus was born in Bethlehem, under the yoke of an oppressor. Moreover, by the exigency of the circumstances, He was born amid the homeless crowd. This was according to the divine arrangement and fore...
(25) And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon: and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. (26) And it was rev...
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant ,.... He acknowledges him as his Lord, and to have a despotic power over him with respect to life and death; and himself as his servant, which he was, both by crea...
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: Ver. 29. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant ] In the Syriac it is, "Now thou openest the prison door;" the prisoner must...
Behold there was a man , &c. There was now in Jerusalem one Simeon, venerable on account of his age, piety, and virtue. For, he was just and devout Righteous toward his fellow-creatures, and h...
THE BIRTH OF THE LORD JESUS (vs.1-7) God in His sovereign wisdom and power at this time ordered the events of man's government to accomplish His own will. Caesar Augustus decreed that all the wor...
Christ and Simeon in the Temple; Anna in the Temple. 25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the...
Ver. 29-32. The song consists of an eulogium of Christ, whom Simeon here calls: 1. The Lord's salvation; 2. A light to lighten the Gentiles; 3. The glory of Israel; and a petition, that no...
Jesus Is Circumcised and Presented at the Temple and Is Blessed By Simon Who Prophesies Over Him (2:21-35). The purification of Mary and Jesus from the ritual defilement of child birth was necessa...
CRITICAL NOTES Luke 2:21 . The child .—The best MSS. read “Him.” Luke 2:22 . Her purification .—The true reading is, “ their purification” (R.V.). The mother was ceremonially unclean by chil...
Luke 2:29 Old Age. The examples of Simeon and Anna combine to set before us a picture of that old age which we must allow to be the most befitting, which we must wish to see realised in our own c...
Luke 2:1-9 . And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of...
Luke 2:1 . It came to pass in those days, when John was born, and when the Roman emperor, Augustus Cæsar, filled the throne, and was in the thirty first year of his reign, that, a decree was issue...
Whose name was Simeon Readiness for God’s will “Some years ago,” says a lady, “I made the acquaintance of an old peasant in a little German village, where I for some time resided. He was calle...
EXPOSITION Luke 2:1-42 The Redeemer's birth . Luke 2:1 There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed ; more accurately, that there should be a r...
The coming of Simeon:
Genesis 15:15 ; Genesis 46:30 ; Isaiah 57:1 ; Isaiah 57:2 ; Luke 2:26 ; Philippians 1:23 ; Psalms 37:37 ; Revelation 14:13
The Seven Magnificats Selections from Luke 1:1-80 and Luke 2:1-52 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the seven Magnificats, we will study the annunciation of the birth of Chri...